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Unilever Q1 2008 Roadshow
20Hellmann’s Light11Big Global Brands
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16Rexona5Commodity Costs
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Heart Health
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10Strong Category Positions
Knorr Bouillon GelGrowth Strategy
14Innovation Driving Growth4Growth by Region
13Accelerate Restructuring Programme – Simplification3Highlights
13Accelerate Restructuring Programme – Progress to Date3Strong Organic Growth
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Magnum Temptation
Moo
Lipton
Small & Mighty in Europe
Comfort Fresh Release
Dove Go Fresh
Dove Pro.Age
Ponds Age Miracle
Clear
Innovation
21Shaping the portfolio
21Acceleration of Unilever’s Growth Agenda
20Unilever’s Strategic Priorities
Returning Cash to Shareholders
182008 Outlook
17Business Priorities
17Commodity Costs – Tea and SMP
Commodity Costs – Oil Charts
15Q1 2008 Operating Margin
Growth by Category
INDEX - Unilever Q1 2008 Results
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Safe Harbour Statement
This presentation may contain forward-looking statements, including 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends' or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of future performance or results, including financial objectives to 2010, and
their negatives are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated
developments and other factors affecting the Group. They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, competitive pricing and activities, consumption levels, costs, the ability to maintain and manage key customer relationships and supply chain sources, currency values, interest rates, the ability to integrate acquisitions and complete planned divestitures, physical risks, environmental risks,
the ability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters and resolve pending matters within current estimates, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments, political, economic and social
conditions in the geographic markets where the Group operates and new or changed priorities of the Boards. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described
in the Group's filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report & Accounts on Form 20-F.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation
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Q1 Highlights
• Strong organic growth and underlying margin improvement
• Sustained marketing investment and determined pricing action
• Key innovations drawn from a strong 2008 programme
• Productivity and value improvement
• Further progress on portfolio
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Strong Organic Growth
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Underlying sales growth
Annualised growth rate
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Underlying Sales Growth by Region
AmericaQ1 2008
USG 6.4%
EuropeQ1 2008
USG 2.3%
Asia AfricaQ1 2008
USG 14.2%
Underlying Sales Growth by Category
36%
17%
28%
19%
Ice Cream and Beverages
Q1 2008USG 7.3%
Home CareQ1 2008
USG 7.8%
Savoury, Dressingsand Spreads
Q1 2008USG 7.9%
Personal CareQ1 2008
USG 5.8%
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(5.0)%+4.1%(0.9)%Including RDIs*
+0.1%A&PKey drivers:
0.3%Underlying change
+2.0%Savings(1.8)%Cost/price/mix
5.3%19.0%13.7%Operating margin
ChangeQ1 2008Q1 2007
Operating Margin Development: Q1
* Restructuring, disposals and one-off items
Mitigating the impact of commodity costs
Actions taken:
• Pricing
• Margin enhancing innovation
• Accelerated restructuring
• Buying Savings
• Other value improvement
initiatives
Commodity cost impact on margin
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Commodity Costs - Tea
Tea Market History USC kg/FOB
Commodity Costs – Skim milk powder
Skim Milk Powder prices EU and World
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Business Priorities
1. Maintain competitiveness
2. Drive for sustainable margin improvement
3. Invest selectively to gain market share
2008 Outlook
2008 to mark a further step towards our 2010 goals
• 2010 goals• Operating margin > 15%• Consistent, competitive growth at 3-5% p.a.
• 2008 Outlook• Underlying sales growth now expected to exceed 3-5% range• Underlying improvement in operating margin
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Returning cash to shareholders
• 7% increase in 2007FY dividend
• Share buy-back of at least €1.5bn planned for 2008
• €0.6bn completed in Q1 2008
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Growth Strategy
Strong category positions
Laundry
Household Cleaning
Daily Hair Care
Oral Care
Savoury
Dressings
Ice Cream
Deodorants
Spreads
TeaMass Skin
World Number 1
World Number 2
Local Strength
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Big global brands
Top 25 brands = ¾ of Unilever’s sales
12 billion euro + brands
Unilever’s strategic priorities
Personal Care D&E Vitality
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Acceleration of Unilever’s Growth Agenda
•Shaping the portfolio
•Simplification
• Innovation driving growth
Shaping the portfolio
* completed 1 Jan 2008
Disposal
UnderwayNA
Laundry
Acquisitions Indonesia
Fruit Drinks
Russia
Ice Cream
Disposals completed/ announced Brazil Spreads Brands US Seasonings
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France Cheese
JV Extended Global
RTD Tea
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Accelerated Restructuring Programme -Simplification
• Organisational simplification• 14 MCOs in place• 4 new MCOs in Europe
- Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg- UK, Ireland- Germany, Austria, Switzerland- Czech Republic, Hungary
• Supply chain rationalisation• Streamline or closure of 14 sites
- UK, France, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
• Centralisation of European transport management
Accelerated Restructuring Programme –Progress to Date• Savings
• Target of €1.5bn reduction p.a. by end 2010• Achieved €0.3bn in 2007- Other savings realised via buying and local efficiency programmes takes
total savings to €1bn in 2007
• Restructuring Costs• Target of c. 250bps p.a. over 2007-2009: c. €1bn p.a., €3bn total
- €875m charged in 2007, cash outflow of c. €700m
• c. €1bn restructuring charges expected in 2008
• Headcount Reduction• Target of 20,000 reduction by end of 2010
- 5,300 reduction achieved during 2007
• Turnover per employee up by 10% in 2007
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Innovation Driving Growth
Rapid roll-outs across key markets
Vitality-focused innovation
Faster deployment of new technologies
Transfer of proven mixes
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Innovation
Clear
Complete antidandruff and scalp care regime
Centrally developed, identically presented simultaneously across China, Brazil, Russia, Arabia and Turkey
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Upside down Rexona roll-on
Introducing the world’s smoothest roll on
New Rexona roll-on
It won’t let you down
Ponds Age Miracle
Skin that looks and feels younger
A revolutionary range of anti-ageing products designed specifically for the needs of Asian skin
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Dove Pro.Age
Beauty has no age limit
The first collection of hair, skin and deodorant beauty products designed to reflect the unique needs of women in their later years
Dove Go Fresh
Campaign for Real Beauty
A fragrance-driven collection of products aimed at women in their 20s
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Strategy
Comfort Fresh Release
Breakthrough technology to outperform any fabric conditioner
present in the marketplace
Do the moves to release the freshness
Small & Mighty in Europe
A revolutionary 3-times-moreconcentrated laundry detergent
A new breakthrough product with perceivably better cleaning,
and better convenience, at the same price per wash
Cleans a whole wash-load with just one small capful
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Knorr Bouillon Gel
Launched in China with local insight into soup preparation
Omega 3 plusPacked with more omega 3 than any other spread or
minidrink
pro.activ (Promise activ)Spreads, milk, yoghurt
and mini-drinks clinically proven to lower cholesterol
Heart Health
“Goodness of Margarine”
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Hellmann’s Light
With unique citrus fibre technology
Delicious extra light mayonnaise now with only 3% fat
Lipton
A unique slimming tea twice as rich in catechins
to help maintain your silhouette
Sustainably sourced tea certified by the Rainforest Alliance